Rome's birthday

is celebrated on April 21, commemorating the date of Rome's founding in 753BC. Rome holds several festivals, concerts, and special events on April 21. Historical societies put on gladiator displays and performances in and around the forum area. There's usually a spectacular fireworks display by the Tiber River. According to legend, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus were the founders of Rome. Following the murder of Remus, Romulus became the first king of Rome. The traditional date of Romulus' sole reign and the founding of Rome is April 21, 753 BC.  The founding of Rome can be investigated through archaeology, but traditional stories handed down by the ancient Romans themselves explain the earliest history of their city in terms of legend and myth. The most familiar of these myths, and perhaps the most famous of allRoman myths, is the story of Romulus and Remus, the twins who were suckled by a she-wolf.^[1] This story had to be reconciled with a dual tradition, set earlier in time, that had the Trojan refugee Aeneas escape to Italy and found the line of Romans through his son Iulus, the namesake of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

-An article by vishAwish.com